Level 5 Flashcards
Commiserate
To sympathize,condole
Voluble
Talkative,verbose,loquacious,effusive,garrulous,glib.
A:reticent,taciturn,terse,laconic
Dilemma
Quandary
Transitory
Ephemeral,temporary,fleeting,evanescent
Philanthropic
Charitable,benevolent,humane
Lethargy
Lack of energy,sluggishness,dullness,apathy,stupor,torpor,somnolence,lassitude,languor,stupefaction
Exonerate
To free from blame,innocent,acquit,absolve,exculpatory
Pugnacious
Combative,quarrelsome,contentious,belligerent,bellicose;
A:clement,amicable
Contrition
Remorse,penitence,repentance; is sorrow for done wrong;
Abrogate
Cancel,revoke,annul,repeal,nullify,rescind
Officious
Meddlesome,nosy,intrusive,interfering,prying,quidnunc
Altruism
Selflessness
Intractable
hard to manage or control,stubborn,unruly.
A:compliant, malleable,tractable,obedient,docile
Accolade
And award,sign of respect or esteem
Vernacular
The native language of a people,every day language of ordinary people
Judicious
Wise and careful,sensible, levelheaded, prudent, discrete.
Antonyms thoughtless,foolhardy,impetuous, temerarious
Chrysalis
The pupa off the butterfly; the stage in the development of the insect between the larval and I adult stages
Genteel
Refined, polite, well-bred, sophisticated, elegantly stylish or fashionable
Jovial
Mary, full of good humor,hearty,holly,convivial
Subterfuge
I deception, trick, underhanded scheme , stratagem,artifice,rude
Ebullience
Exuberance,exhilaration,effervescence ,lively enthusiasm
Impervious
Impenetrable, hence, impassable,impermeable,opaque.
A:penetrable,passable,accessible,permeable,translucent,diaphanous
Remonstrate
To object,protest, reprove,rebuke,expostulate
Efface
To rub out,wipe out, obliterate, erase,expunge
Incorrigible
Hopeless,irreformable ,unruly,unmanageable,irredeemable,irreclaimable,unrepentant,inveterate,unregenerate.
Obstinate,willful,intractable
Juxtapos
To place side-by-side or close together, especially so just to compare or contrast
Conversant
Acquainted, familiar,versed
Esoteric
Secret, confidential,mysterious,impenetrable,inscrutable,cryptic,abstruse,arcane,recondite.
A:plain,apparent,accessible,manifest,discernible,lucid,perspicuous
Auspicious
Favorable,fortune,propitious
Chimera
Whimsy,crochet,maggot,caprice ,figment of the imagination
